Richard Hellesen

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Richard Hellesen (born 1956) is a West Coast playwright.

His works have been performed by regional theater companies including South Coast Repertory in Orange County, California[1], the LA Rep (Los Angeles Repertory Company), the Denver Center Theatre Company, Ford's Theatre in Washington, DC[2], City Theatre in Miami, Florida[3], and Geva Theatre in Rochester, New York. A California resident, the playwright has served on the faculty of California State University, Fullerton and American River College, and has been a resident artist at the William Inge Center for the Arts in Independence, Kansas.[4] His 1987 musical adaptation of Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol, written with composer David de Berry, may be Hellesen's most widely produced work.

[edit] Plays by Hellesen (full-length/one-act/theatre for young audiences; date of first production)

  • Johnny Tremain (adapted from Esther Forbes; 2007)
  • One Destiny (2006)
  • The Emperor's New Clothes (adapted from Andersen; 2006)
  • Eureka! (2006)
  • Birdman (2005)
  • The Wind in the Willows (adapted from Kenneth Grahame; 2004)
  • A Speedy and Public Trial (adapted from Kafka; 2004)
  • The Pride of Weedpatch Camp (2004)
  • Indian Summer (2003)
  • Power Play (2002)
  • Teardown (2001)
  • Bad Water Blues (2001)
  • Communique (2001)
  • Kingdom (1999)
  • Untamed (1998)
  • Counting Ninas (1998)
  • Cyrano de Bergerac (adapted from Rostand; 1998)
  • Layin' Off the Lizard-Boy (1997)
  • 4/100ths (1997)
  • Caribbean Folk Tales (1997)
  • Trashed! (1997)
  • Birds of a Feather (1995)
  • Dos Corazones (1994)
  • A Cappella (1994)
  • My Mom's Dad (1993)
  • Face2Face (1991)
  • Once In Arden (1990)
  • Gift Rap (1990)
  • The Twelve Dancing Princesses (adapted from the Brothers Grimm; 1990)
  • A Christmas Carol (adapted from Dickens; 1987)
  • Moonshadow (1987)
  • Couvade (1987)
  • Drive In (1976)

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Talking with...1/6 Richard Hellesen", theater2k.com, 2006. Retrieved on 2007-01-31. 
  2. ^ "One Destiny Page", fordstheatre.org, 2007. Retrieved on 2007-07-08. 
  3. ^ "City Theatre Production History", citytheatre.com, 2007. Retrieved on 2007-07-08. 
  4. ^ "William Inge Center Upcoming Events", ingefestival.org, 2007. Retrieved on 2007-07-08.